Browsing Archives of Author »Stefan Bienkowski«

As Spain overcame the rest of Europe to lay claim to the European Championship this summer, one characteristic stuck out among the elite Spanish playmakers. Among the royal dark blue shorts and traditional red top and socks, Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas donned light blue and white football boots to little cohesion or matching style. […]

Football isn’t a sport, it’s an entertainment business. Sport is nothing more than diversion; recreation; a pleasant pastime. It’s what we, as a species, perform in exchange for the extinction of physically fighting for our survival. We still need a physical nature to our lives. We call it sport because it isn’t severe. Professional football […]

Arrived in Bata. The Senegal team was unrecognizable from the one we had seen during the qualification campaign. Indeed the Teranga Lions had qualified top of their group whilst scoring the most goals and having conceded the least. As such they stood irresistible in attack and impregnable in defense, which would then lead to […]

Senegal were one of the favorites of this year’s African Cup of Nations (AFCON). Indeed with a very generous group [on paper] consisting of the likes Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, and Libya, no one would have anticipated their shock elimination. Furthermore Senegal left Bata without a single point to their name, having lost all three […]

All the usual stuff from the corner! A look at the SPL, the Premiership, El Classico, quizzes, banter and our latest inductee into the José Quitongo hall of fame. Enjoy! There’s A Moose, Loose, Aboot This Hoose

The manner in which the Galacticos strolled to their 6-2 victory over Sevilla this weekend was reminiscent of a semi-dismal pre-season friendly that saw one side overcome the other through a lattice of showboating and extravagant forward play. Such daring and audacious football is something that’s usually kept exclusively for pre-season summer festivities in an […]